Tag: Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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As speculation mounts about the Prime Minister heading to NATO, party soldiers are considering the future
Could a Dane be head of NATO again? The question occupies a lot of space in the Danish media and at Christiansborg these days. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is constantly asked if she wants to replace the Norwegian boss Jens Stoltenberg, who has announced his resignation. The position of head of NATO is expected to…
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Danish news: Lazy shoppers only have themselves to blame if their chili mayo is moldy, claims DR
That seems to be DR calling people who buy chili mayonnaise “lazy”. Listing the ingredients – in fairness there are seven – it warned: “If you’ve been lazy, watch out – at least if you’ve shopped at Netto.” Apparently, the Big Farm Boys version (230 grams; expiration date 11/22/2023) has been recalled due to a…
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Danish News Round-Up: The rising costs of parents who are forced to stay at home to care for their children
Absenteeism costs society dearly and becomes a “desperate situation”, warns professor Mikael Thastum from Aarhus University, an expert on the subject, to DR. However, it is not a truancy problem, rather a failure to cater for children with special needs and disabilities together with a growing tendency to exclude problem children. Over 15,000 parents are…
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Behold our most golden queen: Diamond’s eternal immortality beckons
The timing of the Copenhagen cultural festival Golden Days could not have been better. Coinciding with the month chosen to celebrate Queen Margrethe II’s golden jubilee, a full 50 years and eight months after she acceded to the Danish throne in January 1972, Her Majesty visited Kongens Nytorv on September 2, where 50 female icons…
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The world does not share the West’s negative view of the Russia survey
Western countries are more likely to have a bad attitude towards Russia, according to a global survey Negative views about Russia are mainly limited to US-allied Western states, a new global survey conducted by a NATO-linked lobby group has shown. At the same time, the so-called Alliance of Democracies Foundation discovered that Asian countries maintain…
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Time for Sweden, Finland to join NATO now: Former NATO Secretary General
Moscow [Russia]May 8 (ANI / Sputnik): Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says it is time for Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance now, while Russian President Vladimir Putin is “occupied” by Ukraine. “When it comes to Finland and Sweden, I think there is a possibility [the] two countries to join, right…
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Danish News Round-Up: COVID-19 mortality is highest among men, low paid and unemployed
COVID-19 mortality was higher among men, low paid and unemployed. The results are made from a Statistics Denmark analysis of deaths in Denmark between 1 March 2020 and New Year 2021, where 61 deaths were reported per year. 100,000 citizens in Denmark due to corona. It revealed that mortality has been unequal among different demographics…
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International Round-Up: Danish leaders congratulate Macron on election victory
A victory for EuropeThree former Danish prime ministers – Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Lars Løkke Rasmussen – also expressed their joy over Macron’s victory. The latter two leaders mentioned that, unlike the Kremlin, it was a good result for Europe. “Facilitated by re-election to Macron and election against right-wing nationalist populism. Good for…
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Former NATO Secretary General: "Finland and Sweden could join NATO overnight"
Anders Fogh RasmussenRussia, which led NATO in 2009-2014, is asking Finland to join the military alliance now that Russia is focusing on Ukraine. The applications of Finns and Swedes to NATO would also send a strong message Vladimir PutinAccording to Fogh Rasmussen in an interview with Radio Free Europe. "NATO is ready to accept both…
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Former ministers are launching attacks on the government for spying on spy scandals
In December, Denmark was shaken by a historic scandal in which the head of the Defense Intelligence Service (FE), Lars Findsen, was imprisoned for leaking highly classified state information. The exact charges – which Findsen called “crazy” – were not made public, so whether he leaked information to the media or to foreign agents is…
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Monday’s newspapers: NATO sends message, labor exploitation and Omicron shots
NATO has sent Dutch warship HNLMS Rotterdam to the Baltic Sea, reports Hufvudstadsbladet, quoting Sweden Aftonbladet. The ship is south of the Danish island of Bornholm. "It is a planned position, and they are there to show presence and solidarity with the whole alliance," A NATO spokesman told Aftonbladet. Last week, three Russian landing craft…
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The Kremlin reveals how it will respond to NATO’s deployments to Ukraine
Moscow considers talks with US and NATO “failed” ,? but there is no talk of military action, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia thinks it would be? Madness? to start a war on Ukraine, but does not rule out taking? countermeasures? to the NATO deployments if security negotiations fail and its concerns are left…
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The Kremlin tells CNN about the possibility of deploying weapons to Ukraine
Moscow considers talks with US and NATO “failed” ,? but there is no talk of military action, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia has no plans to attack Ukraine, but could not say it would never deploy weapons in its large neighbor to the south, the Kremlin has told CNN, adding that Moscow is…
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Tanks on European streets due to Russian threat
Armored vehicles were pictured rolling through the streets of a Swedish city when the military quoted “tensions?” between Russia and Ukraine Sweden has moved to increase security on Gotland’s largest Baltic Sea island in order to? Adapt? its security strategy to the? tense situation? on the Russian-Ukrainian border, located about 1,700 km southeast. Residents of…
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Thoughts on European streets are explained by Russia
Armored vehicles were pictured rolling through the streets of a Swedish city when the military quoted “tensions?” between Russia and Ukraine Sweden has moved to increase security on Gotland’s largest Baltic Sea island in order to? Adapt? its security strategy to the? tense situation? on the Russian-Ukrainian border, located about 1,700 km southeast. Residents of…
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Former NATO Secretary General: "Finland and Sweden could become members overnight"
Former NATO Secretary General in an interview with Yle on Saturday Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed last week talks between Russian, European and US officials aimed at easing tensions around Ukraine "In practice, Russia is demanding a veto over NATO enlargement. NATO’s doors will remain open, and we do not want to Vladimir Putin serve as…
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Hans Engell: Fogh came to Ellemann’s rescue with speech
– He did it because Ellemann in his big speech yesterday was not really particularly critical of Mette Frederiksen, says Hans Engell. – He had many themes, but you will not find anywhere in the speech with a deep shock in relation to the government. Engell believes that Jakob Ellemann-Jensen let Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen…
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Fogh: I am very disappointed with Lars Løkke
The announcement comes after Løkke has left the Liberal Party and is working on his own project, the Moderates. The former Liberal chairman can not see the need for a new party that wants to cooperate across the center. – You can work well together across party lines without forming new parties. This week we…
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Fogh: Mette F.’s government is the most fox red in decades
– I am sincerely concerned about the political development in Denmark. Not only is it difficult for the press to gain direct access to ask critical questions of the Prime Minister. But under the guise of the Corona and a tight foreign policy, the Prime Minister has firmly ruled the most fox-red government for decades,…
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Fogh: Denmark should spend an extra 14 billion on defense
– In NATO, we have decided that all allies must invest at least two percent of their production in the defense by the end of 2024. Denmark is investing only 1.4 percent in the defense. It is too pathetic, says Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who received a cautious applause for the announcement at the national meeting.…
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Left: The elderly must be able to choose home help, cleaning and food
The Liberal Party will concretely give the citizens a new, national “free choice guarantee”. A guarantee, which means that the money must follow the citizen. – We want to create a society where Danes to a much greater degree can choose what suits them exactly. This of course also applies to our elderly fellow citizens,…
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Støjberg will lead an Islamic critic as a witness in the Supreme Court
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration wants Ayaan Hirsi Ali to explain the background of young asylum-seeking girls. – Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of the people in the world who, in my opinion, can best explain the whole question and problem of social coercion and cultural control, forced marriages and the like,…
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The job in the US gave her backbone
In 1996, she went to the United States to study for a master’s degree at American University in Washington DC Tina Nikolaisen, who turns 50 on August 29, also got an internship at one of the country’s largest radio and television stations, CBS, where she worked for the news magazine “60 Minutes”. After graduating, she…
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International Round-Up: Divers search for remnants of Allied bombers in southern Denmark
Standing on the shores of Langeland – the rather large, long island, roughly six o’clock on the map of Denmark – you would have seen a rather heavy artillery operation during World War II. At least two Allied bombers were shot down, along with 15 U.S. Air Force personnel. Their remains have never been found…
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SF wants an apology to descendants of communists
– It has had a huge consequence. Both for the people who came to concentration camps, but also for their children, families and survivors, says SF’s Member of Parliament Lisbeth Bech-Nielsen. – Because it was the Danish government, a unanimous parliament, that made the communist law and sent these people to their deaths for many.…
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SF wants an apology after 80 years
– It has had a huge consequence. Both for the people who came to concentration camps, but also for their children, families and survivors, says SF’s Member of Parliament Lisbeth Bech-Nielsen. – Because it was the Danish government, a unanimous parliament, that made the communist law and sent these people to their deaths for many.…
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Fogh: Sad time ahead for pro-democracy activists in Afghanistan
In a written statement on Monday, Anders Fogh Rasmussen regrets that the Taliban has taken power in the country. – The future of the Afghans who want freedom and democracy looks bleak. “But our presence meant that an entire generation has experienced an Afghanistan without the Taliban, where girls went to school and civil society…
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The United States is seen as a greater threat to democracy than China or Russia
The world has been treated with successive views by national leaders gathered at a G7 summit in Cornwall and a NATO summit in Brussels. The American business media has portrayed these summits as opportunities for President Biden to gather the leaders of the world’s democratic nations in a coordinated response to the most serious problems…
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FACTS: Police actions during Chinese visits under scrutiny
* The Constitution, the Police Act and the European Convention on Human Rights were violated. * About 100 citizens have been compensated by the Copenhagen Police because their rights were violated. * The Tibet Commission submitted its report in December 2017, but was set up again in the summer of 2018. * This was due…
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The Crown Prince who never became Left King
One in a basement in Odense in 2014. The other in a hotel in Brejning in 2019. For Kristian Jensen, who turns 50 on 21 May, the goal of his political career was clear from an early age: the chairmanship of the Liberal Party and the prime ministerial candidacy that has followed since the 1990s.…
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He became one of the longest-serving city kings
In addition, he served as chairman of the National Association of Local Authorities in the years 2006-2010, plus four years as deputy chairman. Here it was his responsibility on behalf of the other municipalities to negotiate the economy in place with the government. His political career began in 1964 as national secretary of the Liberal…
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Fogh rejects criticism of China and sees hope ahead of democracy summit
China will not dictate who will speak at the annual democracy summit in Copenhagen, which will be held on Monday and Tuesday. This is what Anders Fogh Rasmussen, founder of the organization The Alliance of Democracies Foundation, which is holding the summit, says. – The Chinese say we are interfering in their internal affairs by…